Abstract
In the USSR in 1930, the controversy between “urbanists” and “de-urbanists” dominated ideological debate in architectural circles. However, one of the most brilliant architects of Constructivism, Ivan Leonidov, presented a new point of view with his proposal for a socialist town in the competition for the urban plan for Magnitogorsk. This paper considers the relationship between Leonidov’s design for the town, Kasimir Malevich’s non-objectivism, and the nature of the new media like architectural magazines in which Leonidov’s works appeared.
